About World View

World Viewthe album, by AWKWORD: Available for 100% Charity PurchaseNOW. 19 Tracks, LESS than $10.

World View is the First-Ever 100% For-Charity Global Hip Hop Project, sponsored by DJBooth.net and The Morgan Stanley Foundation. Featuring contributions from SIX (6) Continents and SIXTEEN (16) Countries, showcasing our interconnectedness created through Hip Hop culture and rap music, the album has been critically acclaimed and called “monumental” (Prefix Mag) and “a work of art” (The Source). ALL proceeds from World View are being donated to Guns 4 Cameras, a 501c3 nonprofit that goes beyond the gun exchange, working to eradicate street violence through the Hip Hop-inspired education and empowerment of the youth in our communities.

World View was initially inspired by producers worldwide who contacted AWKWORD via his myspace account more than five years ago, seeking acapellas from AWKWORD’s solo debut See The Light to create remixes. AWKWORD decided to hold a contest, with the best submissions being noted on AWKWORDrap.com and the best of the best being featured on World View or the World View Bonus Disc. After sifting through more than 100 submissions, AWKWORD selected the following:

All proceeds from World View are being donated to Guns 4 Cameras (G4C), a 501c3-registered nonprofit that goes beyond the gun-exchange, working to eradicate street violence through the Hip Hop-inspired education and empowerment of our at-risk youth.

World View is executive produced by AWKWORD, The White Shadow [Uncut Productions] (Norway) and Trilian (Serbia). Vinyldigger (Switzerland) mixed the album; and John Sparkz [of Harry Fraud's Surf School] mastered the full project.